Betray Feminism-hotel scene
I wrote a much more detailed response originally, but when I hit "save" something said the page could not be displayed, and when I tried to go back my entire response was gone and had not been saved.
First of all, feminism to me is the belief in equal rights and treatment of men and women. Both men and women may be "feminists" as well, it is not strictly limited to women.
In "Thelma and Louise," the scene where the two women return to the hotel room to find JD and their money missing is when this film betrays feminism for me. The women wouldn't be on the road if it weren't for their longing to have their men appreciate and miss them because they are gone. They also wouldn't have the money if it weren't for Jimmy's help. Although Thelma stands up to her husband, Daryl, earlier on the phone, she sleeps with JD and this "carelessness" and willingness to trust strange men so easily results in her first being nearly raped and then robbed within 24 hours. The entire plot of the movie can be contributed to men's control over women, and the entire conflict and climax of the film can be contributed to women's "too nice" personalities. Although it can be argued that the women recover from this incident that leaves the usually strong Louise sobbing on the ground, it is men who are chasing them, and it is men who are lined up behind them when the women continue to drive to their own deaths. The conclusion of the film shows that the 2 women may not have given into "a man's world" but they also end up dead. Not a very liberating situation. I think the hotel room scene is the most important turning point in the film, when the audience realizes unless they submit to men it is going to be all downhill from there.